# C_2020068EN.01002601.xml

| 2.3.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 68/26 |
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2.3.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 68/26

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Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 November 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Trgovački sud u Zagrebu — Croatia) — INA-INDUSTRIJA NAFTE d.d. and Others v LJUBLJANSKA BANKA d.d.

(Case C-200/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 - Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters - Article 7(1)(a) - Special jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract - Concept of ‘matters relating to a contract’ - Financial obligations imposed by national law on the co-owners of a building - Legal action seeking enforcement of those obligations)

(2020/C 68/27)

Language of the case: Croatian

Referring court

Trgovački sud u Zagrebu

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: INA-INDUSTRIJA NAFTE d.d., CROATIA osiguranje d.d., REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA, Croatia Airlines d.d., GRAD ZAGREB, HRVATSKA ELEKTROPRIVREDA d.d., HRVATSKE ŠUME d.o.o., KAPITAL d.o.o. u stečaju, bankrupt, PETROKEMIJA d.d., Đuro Đaković Holding d.d., ENERGOINVEST d.d., TELENERG d.o.o., ENERGOCONTROL d.o.o., UDRUGA POSLODAVACA U ZDRAVSTVU, HRVATSKI ZAVOD ZA MIROVINSKO OSIGURANJE, ZAGREPČANKA-POSLOVNI OBJEKTI d.d., BRODOGRADILIŠTE VIKTOR LENAC d.d., INOVINE d.d., MARAT INŽENJERING d.o.o., GOYA — COMPANY d.o.o., METROPOLIS PLAN d.o.o., Dalekovod d.d., INFRATERRA d.o.o., Citat d.o.o., STAROSTA d.o.o., METALKA METALCOM d.o.o., I.Š., B.C., Z.N., D.G., M.R., A.T

Defendant: LJUBLJANSKA BANKA d.d.

Operative part of the order

| 1. | Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as meaning that a dispute concerning the failure to discharge financial obligations imposed by national law on the co-owners of a building must be regarded as falling within the concept of ‘matters relating to a contract’ within the meaning of Article 7(1)(a) of that regulation. |
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Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as meaning that a dispute concerning the failure to discharge financial obligations imposed by national law on the co-owners of a building must be regarded as falling within the concept of ‘matters relating to a contract’ within the meaning of Article 7(1)(a) of that regulation.

| 2. | Article 7(5) of Regulation No 1215/2012 must be interpreted as meaning that a dispute such as that at issue in the main proceedings concerning an obligation arising from the ownership by a company of business premises in which it is established and carries out activities does not constitute a ‘dispute arising out of the operations of a branch, agency or other establishment’ within the meaning of that provision. |
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Article 7(5) of Regulation No 1215/2012 must be interpreted as meaning that a dispute such as that at issue in the main proceedings concerning an obligation arising from the ownership by a company of business premises in which it is established and carries out activities does not constitute a ‘dispute arising out of the operations of a branch, agency or other establishment’ within the meaning of that provision.

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(1)  OJ C 164, 13.5.2019

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